Stringed musical instrument.



l A. MORRIS. f

STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION man Aue. so, 1915.Y

, 1,173,017. A Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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y STRINGED'MUSICL INSTRUMENT.

T all whom t mag/concern.'

Be it `known that I, ABRAHAM MORRIS, a

y citizenof the United States of America, a

l The object of the invention is to produceV a musicalinstruinent ofthis kind having its elements so arranged that the volume of sound ofthe instrument is very greatly increased, and in practice I have foundthat the sound of a violin constructed in accord-y ance with' theinvention, is approximately equal to the sound of two ordinary violins.Obviously, thisv is a great advantage in a violin intended to be playedin large music halls, and also in bands where two or more violins havebeen employed to produce the desired tone. I

Figure I is a plan View of a violin constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. II is a transverse section on line II-II,

Fig. i.

To illustrate the preferred form of the i invention I have shown aviolin provided with a hollow body A,'a neck 1 extending from saidhollow body, a tail piece 2 se# cured to the body, and the usual stringsextending from the tail piece, over a bridge 3, n

and secured at their outer ends to the usual pins 4.

The hollow body comprises a lbelly 5, a

back 6 the area of which is greater'than the c area of the belly, themarginal portion of the back being extended beyond the marginal portionof 4the belly, and side walls 7 which slope outwardly from the marginaledge of the belly 5 to the marginal edge of the back 6.

By extending'the marginal portion of the back of a violin as hereinshown, the area n 'Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Feb, 22,1916, Application led August 30', 1915. Serial No. 47,972. i

vof they back will be increased, and the acoustical qualities will bechanged very materially, the tone being much louder and yclearer. Forexample, the tone of a Violin having a belly corresponding to thedimensions of the belly of a three-quarter violin and a backcorresponding to the back of a full size violin, will bek approximatelyequal to the tone of a full size violin. Although the desired loud andclear tone may be obtained by making a belly conforming 7 approximatelyto one of the well known standards and a back conforming to the v nextlarger standard, it is not necessary to follow this particular method inmakingthe new instrument. kIn other words, it is not necessary for theback or belly to conform toany particular standard.

While it is diiiicult tomake an exact comparison between the ordinaryinstruments and one constructed as herein shown and described, I havefound by actual tests that' the foregoing comparison is approximatelycorrect. It will, therefore, be apparent that' the new instrument vislighter, easier to handle and less expensive than an ordinary instrumentpossessing equal musical qualities.

, Another vadvantage'of thenew bodyis that it may be tted to the chinand neck .of the player without the use of a chin rest,

the sloping side wall vbeing so formed that the corner at the junctionof the belly and said side wall may be comfortably positioned under thechin of the player.

body is preferably provided with the usual sound post 10 and base bar11, the sound post being. arranged between and fitted to the belly 5 andback 6. f y y I claim A l. In a stringed musical instrument, al hollowbody having a belly, a back of larger area than said belly, and sidewalls uniting y said back and belly.

2. A stringed musical instrument comrIhe hollow f prising a hollow bodyhaving a belly, Va`

back of larger area than said belly, the` `marginal portions of saidback being eX- tended beyond the marginal edge of saidy belly, and sidewalls sloping outwardlyy from j l the marginal edge of said belly to theinar- 2 'e n Y f 1,173,017

ginal edge of said back, `and strings and mately to the shape of saidbelly member, 10 string vholders secured to saidv belly. said backmemberebeing larger in area 'than f 3. ,A stringed musical instrument ofthe the belly* member, and side walls sloping v character describedycmprisingebelly mem outwardly from the outer edge of seid belly 5berQa-neckextending from said-belly. mem- 4memberto vthe Outerk edge0l?k said kback ber, strings secured over said neck and belly member.member, a backmembel cnforming approxf 'ABRAHAM MORRIS.k e

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